Posted on 08/03/2019 2:30:40 PM PDT by robowombat
El Paso Walmart Shooting: What is Known So FarCC BY 2.0 / Tony Webster / Police Line / Police Tape US
23:57 03.08.2019(updated 00:12 04.08.2019) Get short URL120
A mass shooting took place on Saturday in El Paso’s Cielo Vista shopping mall, described as “El Paso’s main shopping destination.” At least 20 people are said to have been confirmed dead at the site but reports vary. AT 11:03 local time, the El Paso Police Department tweeted that officers were responding to an active shooter situation. The massacre is said to have taken place inside the mall’s Walmart store.
Police confirmed “multiple fatalities,” but the exact number of victims remains unclear.
At least 22 people have been hospitalized and 9 people in critical but stable condition, according to CBS News. One patient is reportedly 4 months old.
The suspected shooter is in police custody and the scene is said to be no longer “active” but police cordoned off the area and have asked citizens to stay away. Earlier reports indicated “multiple shooters,” but police said they do not believe these reports to be true.
The suspect has been reportedly identified as 21-year-old Patrick Crusius.
The shooter used an AK-style assault rifle and ear protection earphones, as seen on CCTV footage screenshot published online.
The mall and adjacent buildings have been evacuated, and Cielo Vista shops are on lockdown.
Agents from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are working at the scene. According to OSI News, the white male shooter allegedly posted a manifesto, in which he declared that the shooting was motivated by his fear of increasingly large numbers in the Hispanic population due to illegal immigration.
In the purported document, the shooter supported the Christchurch shooting, and condemned Democrats and Republicans for failing to tackle the immigration problem, but claim that Democrats adhere to a particularly pro-immigration agenda, while Republicans remain “divided.”
The authenticity of the manifesto is unconfirmed.
The shooting has been condemned by US President Donald Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Democratic Presidential Candidate Beto O'Rourke, who was born and raised in El Paso.
Shooter says he’s a software developer.
Yup. PDJT at fault for talking bad about trespassers/undoc’d illegal immigrants. Or something. Law abiding gun owners to be vilified shortly.
Beto will try to take full advantage of this to try and be relevant again.
What a tragedy.
Bkm
“At least 20 people are said to have been confirmed dead at the site but reports vary.”
Do people who actually write for a living understand that words have meaning, and aren’t just sprinkled around like croutons on a salad?
So how about discussing some death penalty, rather than disarming innocent citizens?
I highly doubt the manifesto is genuine.
Obviously a conspiracy to take Texas next year. Nobody in their right mind would even think of doing anything like this.
“Sputnik News”
“...the white male shooter allegedly posted a manifesto, in which he declared that the shooting was motivated by his fear of increasingly large numbers in the Hispanic population due to illegal immigration.”
Uh-oh; here we go.
I’ve never been an Alex Jones fan....but this one.....
“Nobody in their right mind would even think of doing anything like this.”
True, but there are plenty of people NOT in their right mind.
“Nobody in their right mind would even think of doing anything like this.”
We’ll never find out what really spurred him to this. The ‘authorities’ will invent a narrative that pleases them and then it’s all politics. They are going to come for the guns and then it will be open season on gun owners. Our politicians are not on our side.
Beto Burrito has already been seen dancing and splashing in the blood!
No crap! This guy is such an obvious cutout (3 FB friends) and this manifesto so ginned up that it smells like deep state desperation.
Gee. How carefully scripted...right out of central casting.
Notice: Shooter identified as “white” immediately...
Shooter’s so-called manifest discussed immediately...
It’s clear from this article that the leftist slime are overjoyed at this event...
Watch the spineless GOP jump on the gun-control bandwagon...
Ear protectors are evil just like silencers... They need to be banned or ATF licensed...
This story is just what the media dreamed of to get all their bad news off the serfs minds...
Jones said a false flag was coming.
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